Boy Hits Car | |
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![]() Boy Hits Car live at the Langeln Open Air, Germany, 2014 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Alternative metal, alternative rock, nu metal [1] |
Years active | 1993–present [2] |
Labels | NMG, Wind-up, Rock Ridge |
Members | Cregg Rondell Bill Gower Mike Bartak Erik Peterson |
Past members | Louis Lenard Scott Menville Michael Ferrari Dusty Hunt Johnny Ransom Will "Walrus" Jenkins |
Boy Hits Car is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1993. [3]
The band was formed in 1993. After releasing their first album, My Animal, independently in 1998, they went on the Sno-Core Tour and recorded their next album, Boy Hits Car, on Wind-up Records. [3] Their song "LoveFuryPassionEnergy" was used as a theme song for WWE Hall of Famer Lita and was distributed on the WWF Forceable Entry album in 2002. [4] A third album was self released in 2005 called The Passage. In 2006 the band re-released the album in July after signing with Rock Ridge Music as their distributor. It was announced on their homepage that they will have a new album with a planned release on March 15, 2011. [5] Boy Hits Car released their 5th studio album All That Led Us Here in May 2014 and are presently following it up with a European tour.
Peterson stated in a Reddit AMA conducted to mark the self-titled album's 20th anniversary that 12 to 13 tracks had been written for a pending sixth album, with a name for said album still being decided upon at that time. [6] The lead single, Injustice Fatigue, was released in November 2022. [7]
Boy Hits Car was started in 1993 with a simple idea—to write and perform 'passionately heavy music' infused with a world beat/middle eastern flavor. [8] The band cite their influences as Jane's Addiction, Primus, Bad Religion, Talking Heads, Quicksand, Led Zeppelin and Helmet, as well as eastern music such as Ali Akbar Khan. [9]